Director: Eugene Jarecki

Writer: Eugene Jarecki

Keywords: Documentary

Title lifted from Frank Capra's films made during WWII.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Chalmers Johnson	Author	6-Aug-1931	20-Nov-2010	Blowback
Bill Kristol	Columnist	23-Dec-1952		Editor of The Weekly Standard
John McCain	Politician	29-Aug-1936	25-Aug-2018	US Senator from Arizona
Richard Perle	Government	16-Sep-1941		Prince of Darkness
Dan Rather	Journalist	31-Oct-1931		Former CBS Anchorman
Gore Vidal	Author	3-Oct-1925	31-Jul-2012	Visit to a Small Planet

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 28-Apr-2006)

"Why we Fight" (2005) is an excellent masterpiece of a documentary which gets to the root of America's hawkish bent. The producers were espically clever to focus on the words of the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with interview with his son John Eisenhower and grandaughter Susan Eisenhower. The great general who served about 35 years in uniform and served in two world wars obviously knew what war was all about. He was right on the mark during his 1961 farwell address when he talked about the evils of the emerging "military industrial complex". The movie did well to at least remain moderately balanced with interviews and frequent commentary from Richard Pearle and William Kristol. The most moving part of the movie, was during an interview with a woman retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who served at the Pentagon (when it was attacked on 9/11 as well as during the onsett of the Iraq War) who said that she did not want her two sons to serve in today's military because they would be serving to promote an "imperalist cause".

Review by anonymous (posted on 8-Aug-2006)

I think every American citizen should see this movie...It is thought provoking and disturbing. Most Americans don't think about the Military Industrial Complex when the hear politicians debating on TV why we are at war. This movie highlights the many forces beyond the obvious that bring us to the brink of war over and over again. or All points of view were represented,and there was not an overall feel that the author wanted you to feel a certain way when the movie was done. It felt more like the author wanted you to be informed when you viewed the movie. That is how a documentry should be done. No hidden agenda.

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